If you find yourself encouraged, follow my new blog at http://www.streamsandthorns.com for more posts like this one. I found this entry the other day while randomly flipping through an old journal: “January 2, 2013 Today, sort of in passing and sort of without even realizing it, I prayed a prayer. ‘Do something great through me… No matterContinue reading “The Ugly Side of Adoption”
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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
It\’s time again. The most wonderful time of the year! That is still how we see it, right? Despite the shopping lists and the overbooked calendars and the credit card bills and the cooking that needs to be done, it\’s still the most wonderful time of the year, isn\’t it? Living outside of the USContinue reading “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”
On Being Real
People like real people, but not many people like to be real. I know. It\’s deep. But why is that?! I have a theory and it goes a little something like this: 1. It scares us to be real.It not only scares us when other people are real, it scares us when we start toContinue reading “On Being Real”
The American [Bad] Dream
We are \”living the American dream\”. [By we, I mean Richard and me.] We have what people work for and dream of. We have what people leave other countries and move here to pursue. We own our home [or at least we\’re buying it from the bank]. We have a beautiful, healthy baby boy. We haveContinue reading “The American [Bad] Dream”
